DNR Update - Midwest Food Products Association · 2019-04-11 · DNR Update MWFPA-WCMA-DNR Meeting...
Transcript of DNR Update - Midwest Food Products Association · 2019-04-11 · DNR Update MWFPA-WCMA-DNR Meeting...
DNR UpdateMWFPA-WCMA-DNR Meeting 2019
Jason KnutsonWastewater Section Chief
Wisconsin DNR
Administration Changes Governor
Office of the Secretary
Preston ColeElizabeth Kluesner (Deputy)
Todd Ambs (Asst Dep)
Secretary’s Directors
Natural Resources Board
Executive Programs
Bureau of Legal Services
Law Enforcement
Management & Budget
Office of Communications
ForestryDivision
Forestry Business Services
Forestry Management
Forest Protection
Fish, Wildlife, & Parks Division
Facilities & Lands
Fisheries Management
Parks & Recreation
Natural Heritage Conservation
Wildlife Management
Internal Services
Finance
Human Resources
Technology Services
Business Support/ External Services
Community Financial Assistance
Customer & Outreach Service
Environmental Analysis &
Sustainability
Science Services
Watershed Management
Environmental Management
Drinking & Groundwater
Office of the Great Waters
Water Quality
Air Management
Remediation & Redevelopment
Waste & Materials Management
Adrian StocksWater Quality Bureau
Director
Wastewater(Jason Knutson)
Permits(Wade Strickland)
Water Evaluation(Marcia Willhite)
Monitoring(Tim Asplund)
Lakes and Rivers(Carroll Schaal)
Assess(Monitor
Condition)
Plan(TMDLs, Water Quality
Standards)
Manage(WPDES, Grants,
External Partners)
Vacant (WW)Greg Searle (WR)
Field Operations Directors
Business Support/IT(Ryan Raab)
Environmental Management Division
Darsi Foss, AdmJim Zellmer, Water
Deputy
Wade StricklandSection Chief
Permits
Keri BehmIS Resources
1.0 FTE
David ArgallIS Data Services
1.0 FTE
Kari FlemingEnvironmental
Toxicologist-Adv1.0 FTE
Diane FigielWR Engineer-Adv
1.0 FTE
Fred HegemanWW Engineer-Adv
1.0 FTE
VacancyWW Engineer
1.0 FTE
Laura DietrichWW Specialist-Adv
(Waukesha)1.0 FTE
Matt ClauchertyWR Specialist
1.0 FTE
Jason KnutsonSection ChiefWastewater
Jonathan HillWW Engineer
1.0 FTE
Bob LiskaWW Specialist-Adv
1.0 FTE
Andrew DutcherWW Engineer
1.0 FTE
Chris BellovaryWW Engineer
1.0 FTE
Ian HansenWW Engineer
1.0 FTE
VacancyWW Engineer-Adv
1.0 FTE
Phillip SprangerWW Specialist-Adv
(Fitchburg)1.0 FTE
VacancyWW Engineer-Adv
1.0 FTE
Nate WillisWW Engineer
1.0 FTE
Trevor MoenWW Engineer
1.0 FTE
Tim RyanWW Supervisor
South District - West (Fitchburg)
Nathan WellsWW Engineer
(Fitchburg)1.0 FTE
Caitlin O’ConnellWW Engineer(Dodgeville)
1.0 FTE
Alan HopfenspergerHydrogeologist
(Fitchburg)1.0 FTE
Amy GarbeWW Engineer(Waukesha)
1.0 FTE
Jennifer JerichWW Specialist
(Horicon)0.5 FTE
Brenda HowaldWW Specialist
(Fitchburg)0.5 FTE
Sean SpencerWW Specialist
(Fitchburg)1.0 FTE
Tanner ConnorsWW Engineer
(Fitchburg)1.0 FTE
Steve WarrnerWW Specialist
(Horicon)1.0 FTE
Doris ThieleWW Engineer-Adv
(Horicon)0.5 FTE
Bryan HartsookWW Supervisor
South District - East(Milwaukee)
Nick LentWW Engineer(Milwaukee)
1.0 FTE
Lisa CreeganWW Specialist(Milwaukee)
1.0 FTE
Emily JamesWW Specialist(Milwaukee)
1.0 FTE
Curt NickelsWW Engineer-Adv
(Plymouth)1.0 FTE
VacancyWW Engineer(Milwaukee)
1.0 FTE
VacancyWW Engineer(Milwaukee)
1.0 FTE
Kelley O’ConnorWW Supervisor
East District(Green Bay)
Susan EichelkrautWW Specialist-Adv
(Milwaukee)1.0 FTE
Roy Van GheemWW Engineer(Green Bay)
1.0 FTE
Alexis PeterWW Specialist(Green Bay)
1.0 FTE
David GerdmanWW Engineer(Green Bay)
1.0 FTE
Nicole KruegerWW Engineer(Green Bay)
1.0 FTE
Gary KincaidWW Engineer-Adv
(Green Bay)1.0 FTE
Shaun ShieldsWQBEL Engineer
1.0 FTE
Lisa LumleyWW Specialist(Green Bay)
1.0 FTE
Mark StanekWW Engineer-Adv
(Oshkosh)1.0 FTE
Sarah DonougheWW Specialist(Green Bay)
1.0 FTE
Barti OumarouWW Engineer
(Oshkosh)1.0 FTE
Michelle BalkWW Supervisor
North District(Spooner)
Eric DeveneciaWW Engineer-Adv
(Superior)1.0 FTE
VacancyWW Engineer
(Spooner)1.0 FTE
Alison CanniffWW Specialist
(Ashland)0.5 FTE
Lonn FransonWW Engineer-Adv
(Hayward)1.0 FTE
Sheri SnowbankWW Specialist
(Spooner)1.0 FTE
Austin GriesbachWW Engineer(Rhinelander)
1.0 FTE
Mike GoettelWW Specialist-Adv
(Superior)1.0 FTE
Lacey HillmanWW Supervisor
West District(Eau Claire)
VacancyWW Engineer-Adv(Black River Falls)
1.0 FTE
Will (Woody) MyersHydrogeologist-Adv
(Eau Claire)1.0 FTE
Geisa ThielenWW Engineer(Eau Claire)
1.0 FTE
Holly HeldstabWW Specialist(Eau Claire)
1.0 FTE
Pete PfefferkornWW Engineer-Adv
(Wi Rapids)1.0 FTE
Angie ParkhurstWW Specialist(Eau Claire)
0.5 FTE
Julia StephensonWW Engineer-Adv
(La Crosse)1.0 FTE
VacancyWW Engineer
(Baldwin)1.0 FTE
Danielle LukeWW Specialist(Wis Rapids)
1.0 FTE
Nick LindstromWW Engineer
(Wausau)1.0 FTE
Ben HartenbowerWQBEL Engineer
(Eau Claire)1.0 FTE
LTE: Inna Gurevic
LTE: Grace Radman Alison Caniff Leila Jenkins
LTE: David Haas Laurel Last
Wastewater Program Staff
Leanne HinkeWW Specialist
(La Crosse)1.0 FTE
Rachel FritzWW Engineer
1.0 FTE
Sarah LuckWQBEL Engineer
(Fitchburg)1.0 FTE
Adrian StocksWater Quality
Bureau Director
VacantField Operations
Director
Amanda PerdzockWW Specialist
1.0 FTE
Emma LorenzenWW Engineer
1.0 FTE
LTE: Mycal Raleigh Logan Hacker
LTE: Jeanette Figiel Jack Dougherty Alex Avalos
Leila JenkinsWW Specialist
(Spooner)0.5 FTE
Taylor SteagerWW Specialist
1.0 FTE
Michael Polkinghorn
WQBEL Engineer1.0 FTE
LTE: Chris Dietrich
LTE: Patrick Bass
VacancyWW Specialist
1.0 FTE
WPDES Backlog Update
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Jul-09 Nov-10 Apr-12 Aug-13 Dec-14 May-16 Sep-17 Feb-19 Jun-20
%
Statewide SC CO NE NO SE WC
8.8%
Study Groups
• Septage Group• Aquatic Plant Management• Wastewater Permit Process Improvements
• Will resume in 2019• Priorities identified
• WPDES Permit Applications• Certainty/Consistency
http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/wastewater/PermitsStudyGroup.html
ECTriennial Standards Review – Priorities for 2018-2020
A: In ProgressB: New PrioritiesC: Priorities, but limited
progress expectedD: Barriers to progressE: Not Priorities
AntidegradationBacteria Criteria Revision
BiocriteriaChloride Variance Streamlining
Designated Uses Process Revision
P Site Specific CriteriaP Assimilative Capacity in GLs
Wetlands Floristic Assessment Numeric Benchmarks
CyanobacteriaHuman Health Criteria Revisions
Mercury MDVOutstanding/Exceptional Resource
Water Process Revision
PFAS
Aquatic LifeCriteria Revisions
AmmoniaArsenicChloride
Total Suspended Solids (TSS)Copper
Nitrate/Nitrogen
P Criteria for2-Story Lakes
Arsenic VarianceProcess
Other Updates of Potential Interest
• Adoption of 316(b) Regulations into State Code (NR 111)• NPDES Updates Rule (Phase 1)
• Effective June 12, 2019• Defines “pesticide discharge” and “pesticide residue”• Applications:
• Must include SIC and NAICS codes• Representative Data limited to age of 4.5 years or less• Must include requests for Fundamentally Different Factors Variances and/or AEL/316(a)
Variances, if requested• Online Public Notice
• Later talks today: Phosphorus, Trading, Denitrification, Landspreading, TMDLs
PFAS
• PFAS = Per- and PolyFluoroAlkyl Substances• PER-sistant!• Family of over 3,000 man-made fluorinated
organic compounds• Fluorinated carbon tail is lipophobic (repels
fat), oleophobic (repels oil), and hydrophobic
• Manufactured since 1940s• 2002: Production of PFOS in US is phased out
• Replaced by shorter-chained PFAAs • 2015: Production of PFOA in US is phased out
• Replaced by GenX and shorter-chained PFAAs• Production in China for both chemicals has since
increased
10
U.S. PFOA/PFOS Water Quality StandardsState PFOA PFOS Type Promulgated?
California 14 13 DW NMaine 130 560 GW N
Michigan 420 11 DW Y12,000 12 SW (nondrinking) Y
Minnesota 35 27 DW/GW NNevada 667 667 DW N
New Jersey 14 13 DW NNorth Carolina 2,000 - GW Y
Texas 290 560 GW YVermont 20 20 DW/GW Y
*Units are in ng/L, DW = Drinking Water, GW = Groundwater, SW = Surface Water
USEPA: Non-enforceable Health Advisory Level of 70 ng/L PFOA/PFOS individually and combined!
ATSDR: Minimal Risk Levels (DW)
PFOA PFOSAdult 78 52Child 21 14
12
PFAS at the Federal Level
• EPA released a federal action plan last week• Priority Actions include:
• Propose a national drinking water Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL)• PFOA and PFOS
• Listing PFOA and PFOS as CERCLA hazardous substances• Developing interim cleanup recommendations• Finalizing and drafting toxicity assessments (beyond PFOA/PFOS)• Issue supplemental proposed Significant New Use Rules• Developing additional laboratory analytical methods
PFAS in Wisconsin
• DNR requested that DHS review health-related data to advise on GW health standard for:
• PFOA• PFOS
• Triennial Standards Review: Category B• Surface Water Quality Standard development is a new priority
• Scoping: Roll out Fish Tissue Sampling Plan in 2019 field season• Working with permittees to address known PFAS discharges• Lab Cert developing SOPs for modifications to testing procedures• Other DNR Programs also taking action